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Lighten your skin in citrus way

Submitted by Kavitha Thomas

Lemon has exfoliating properties: rub half a lemon on your face with a hint of sugar granules to remove dead cells and lighten a tan.

You can also rub on hyper-pigmented areas like elbows to lighten them. Mix with a little cucumber juice to make a natural astringent

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works!!! Comments By: anon i used this on my knees and it worked!!!!   Question Comments By: Anon does this lighten your skin as in it makes it look whiter? and does it fade away, by meaning you have to apply it every day? Tipking says: I would think that it is something you will need to re-apply   After shower Comments By: A If you rub lemon juice on your skin after showering it does remove dead skin cells. Does lemon juice lighten african-american skin?   YAYEEEEE Comments By: Cindy My skin is so fab!!!! i love the feel of it know. ive been uswing it for like eva! i mean goooooo girlfriends use it every day it rocks. U shud feel my skin!! its so exuberant. mwah   wooooooooooooooow Comments By: SIMRAN it works the skn bcomes soft GOOOOGLY WOOOOGLY   Not true Comments By: Anon This is not true my skinned was burned by this recipe.Its a lie   it works Comments By: Mimi it should give u that burning feeling.. thats when you know its working. Dont go out in the sun while its on ur face, then it will literary burn ur face. But other than that, its great!   bit harsh Comments By: anon you are very much wrong when u say "that burning feeling means its working" any product used that gives u the tingling burning feeling means its irritating ur skin n plus lemons contain citric acid which irritate or give u an alergic reaction at the first time of use or over a period of time on sum people also ur skin is slightly acid - pH 5/6 n citric acid as a pH of 2/3 pretty harsh   how long? Comments By: anon how long will it take? how many times must u apply it ?   Is it ok for pimple skinned person????? Comments By: Arya Hi. i have pimples on my face. will this treatment affect my face and will the pimples bleed???   dark elbows Comments By: jessica PLEASE HELP ME!!! i have a tanned skin tone but my elbows are EXTREMELY dark....it almost looks like dirt or mock. Will applying lemon juice directly on it help or would i need to mix in something else so the acid done't damage my skin but help rid the dark markS???   it works Comments By: redlawyergurl ive ben using for a week and my skin is sooo bright and pretty. Im about Gabrielle Unions complexion, real red undertones, I used lemons mixed with sugar to exfoliate and bring my skin tone more to be "reddish" or "red bone" like queen latifa, and i've achieved just that. Not that I wanta look like queen latifa or anything but becuase I just love the red in my complexion. The lemon juice worked w/in a week. As well as I exfoliate w/ a loofa and apply a lotion that's called skin beuatifying milk that supposedly maximizes for clearer brighter skin. hth!   DOES IT REALLY WORK? Comments By: NISHA I have tried many skin lightening cream but nothing worked, waste of my money!!! i was googling natural ways to lighten skin and i came across this web. Does lemon lighten light brown skin?   it really works! Comments By: Tamz I'v only been using it for 3 days and i can see a difference already. The lemon juices has lightened my light brown skin 2 shades. I love it. Another great way to lighten skin it to use licorice root extract mixed with water. Also works wonders and doesnt contain any chemicals.   really dark skin Comments By: black as hell i tried to lighten my already dark skin with bleaching cream but never used sunscreen now im even darker than before. do i rub lemom on my face after washing it or before   Comments By: Anon I used salt insted of sugar cos it leaves your skin feeling really soft and cleaner, the first time i tried it i could easily tell my skin went lighter. Though i wud put lemon on your neck area or else your neck and face wud be two different colours x